About the role
Australia’s Ambassador to Counter Modern Slavery, People Smuggling and Human Trafficking plays a lead role in driving international cooperation and working with partners in our region to strengthen responses to modern slavery. This includes:
- regularly meeting with people with lived experience, civil society, business and academics who bring a range of deep expertise and experience to these issues.
- representing Australia at select international and regional meetings
- performing the role of Australian Senior Official Co-Chair of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime – the key regional consultative forum for addressing human trafficking in the Asia-Pacific.
Lynn Bell was appointed to the role of Ambassador to Counter Modern Slavery, People Smuggling and Human Trafficking in June 2023.